COM 411

Today’s Dad Joke

Just so everyone’s clear, I’m going to put my glasses on.

Housekeeping

  • C-Span Archives Undergrad Research Competition
  • bit.ly/ccseurc20

Troubled Lands Recap

Main questions

  • How did you play differently in different versions?
  • What in real life is similar to each version of the game?
  • How did you decide whether or not to help others?
  • What does this have to do with social networks and social capital?!

Debrief

  • What did you think about while playing?
  • How did you feel as you played? Did those feeling change across different versions of the game?
  • When do you help others in real life?

Debrief

  • Were resources and abilities distributed fairly?
  • How should resources be distributed in the real world?
  • What role did communication play? How did your group make decisions?
  • Did you work to make things equal? Why or why not?
  • What kinds of inequality appeared in the game?

Debrief

  • Did anyone sanction someone else? Why?
  • How did others respond to being sanctioned?
  • What is similar to a “sanction” in the real world?

Network Visualizations

Aspects of visualizations

  • Nodes
  • Edges
  • Location

Nodes

  • Information can be conveyed by:
    • Shape, size, color
  • Shape
    • Typically categorical (e.g., gender, age range)
  • Size
    • Often a network measure, but can be something about node
  • Color
    • Often community detection

Examples

With node shapes

Nodes sized by betweenness centrality

Nodes colored by community

Edges

  • Size
    • Typically represent weight of relationship
  • Color
    • Typically represents different types of relationships

Examples

Edge width as weight

Edge color as type

Position

  • Can represent literal distance
    • Cities
    • Seating chart
  • Or social distance
    • Formal hierarchy
    • Degree centrality

Node placement can make a big difference in how a network is perceived